How bad is bad? Britain’s descent into mind-boggling inequality

JVL Introduction

We are all aware of the reality of inequality in Britain today.

But are we really? Your web editor has to report being truly shocked by some of the information contained in this review of Danny Dorling’s new book Shattered Nation on Labour Hub.

Dorling proposes “very obvious solutions” as Mike Phipps enumerates: “progressive taxation, rent regulation, socially useful work, an end to privatisation and a new emphasis on health and education as public goods rather than commodities. Obvious stuff, which we have to fight to force back onto the mainstream political agenda…”

The public largely supports this agenda but it was virtually absent from Labour’s policy proposals at the party conference just gone…

This article was originally published by Labour Hub on Wed 11 Oct 2023. Read the original here.